Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: Francis Scott Key
  1. United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ (1779-1843)
    - Key

Type of: attorney, lawyer, poet

Encyclopedia: Francis Scott Key